Dalston Jazz Bar, Dalston  fancyapint.com rated pub, rated2 pints - click for an explanation of our ratings

location:

Dalston

address:

4 Bradbury Street, N16 8JN

phone:

0871 258 7672*
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nearest stations:

Dalston Kingsland railway station
(40m)

Hackney Downs railway station
(1.1Km)

Canonbury London Overground station
(1.1Km)

Rectory Road railway station
(1.2Km)

Hackney Central London Overground station
(1.4Km)

bus routes:

3, 38, 56, 277, 67, 76, 149, 242, 243 bus info

how to find it:

Exit Dalston Kingsland train station, turn left and the first turning you come to on the left is Bradbury Street. Jazz Bar is on the right.

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picture of Dalston Jazz Bar
Coming here at 11.30 on a Saturday night expecting to write a decent review was probably a mistake. Having passed on a couple of occasions earlier in the evening, we saw it pleasantly filled. Now, however, think of a rush-hour Victoria Line train and you're close to imagining how busy it was. The limited seating around the edge of the room looked like a job-lot of Kwik-fit reception furniture and battling valiantly through the throng were two waiters taking drinks orders. A nice touch, seeing as the journey from the front door (guarded by a most amiable bouncer) to order drinks seemed like a lot of effort. Musically, the 'jazz' in the bar's name seemed absent, only coming close with a couple of Sinatra numbers, as the (not very good) DJ seemed to prefer, without any irony, 70s and 80s cheesy-pop. Luckily, the up-for-it trendy crowd did too. Certainly a place with potential, hopefully our next visit will find the place filled with better music and less people.

reviewed:
22/3/2006
reviewed by redcat

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second opinion:

posted by kat_walks - Wednesday 10th October, 2007, 10:12pm
jazz bar is my favorite bar in the whole wide world and i've been to about 30 countries. no place in berlin, new york or paris can quite keep up with the wonderfulness that jazz bar is. people come here to relax, dance, meet friends and have a good time. everytime i go i get smiles from everyone (even when i dressed perfectly normal) and i'd always chat with everyone like at a private party. jazz bar dalston gets only hip neighborhood kids so it's tourist and asshole free. the drinkspecials are amazing too. i love the freshly squeezed apple juice with dark rum for 4 pounds.
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